DESOLATION SOUNDS

’STALKING THE GHOST’ SEES NY’S UNEARTHLY TRANCE BACK AND MEANING BUSINESS AND, AFTER THEIR HIATUS, IT WOULD SEEM RYAN LIPYNSKY AND HIS CREW ARE HUNGRIER THAN BEFORE

WORDS: JOSÉ CARLOS SANTOS

It was a relief when Unearthly Trance put an end to their indefinite hiatus back in 2015. Sure, main man Ryan Lipynsky might have a constant plethora of other super heavy bands for us to always fall back on – note the recent reactivation of Thralldom – but there’s always been something special about this particular band. It’s the one that’s gone farther in terms of building its own identity, to the point that no one really sounds like Unearthly Trance, and basically no one gets near the level of extreme heaviness and intensity that previous albums such as ‘In The Red’ or ‘Electrocution’ have demonstrated. Now the return has been fully set in stone with a new album, and what a sludgy, hideous monstrosity it is once more. ‘Stalking The Ghost’ once again goes where extreme music rarely dares to tread, and perversely, we seem to have that damned hiatus to thank for it.

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I have never come across someone in the metal community who doesn’t love Bolt Thrower – arguably one of the UK’s most well-loved institutions of the last (almost) 30 years. But the band is no more and we are left with a brilliant legacy in the guise of the band’s back catalogue. Their albums conjure up some really amazing memories for me; from seeing them back in the day at shows in Wrexham and Birmingham, but also my teenage years, hanging out with friends and listening to vinyl, smoking fags, drinking tea and marvelling both at the amazing artwork and of course their savage riffs and beats.
But out of that band has emerged a fantastic NEW band in the guise of Memoriam, and it’s a friggin’ honour to have them on the cover of this month’s issue. This is not about nostalgia however, this is a new start, a new beginning. I have been privy to hear their debut album for quite a few months now and it’s so good. This is a band who have started a new path of their own and whose members are forging ahead with fresh creativity. Exciting times ahead – and I truly hope you enjoy reading all about their story thus far, straight from their own collective mouths.
Elsewhere, as always, there’s a load of amazing interviews about amazing bands both new and established to read through and discover, that’ll keep you from thinking about all the fucked up shit that’s happening world-wide right now.
Thanks for picking up a copy – without you, the readers, Terrorizer is nothing!
See you next month.
Darren Sadler